Counseling Groups
Groups provide an opportunity to work through a variety of concerns within a person’s life while receiving support, gaining insight, learning and practicing new behaviors, and increasing self-esteem. In group therapy, you have the
opportunity to:
- Increase your self-awareness and focus energy into aspects of your life you wish to change.
- Try out new behaviors and experiment with new ideas.
- Express feelings you are hesitant to express and assert yourself in new ways.
- Learn from other group members (and group facilitators) by getting feedback and finding out how others perceive you.
All groups are free to students who have paid student fees.
Current Groups
Students must be a current CAPS patient to participate in ongoing CAPS group sessions. Interested students should call (402) 472-7450.
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All Gender Graduate Therapy Group
Group facilitator: Kristin Jagels, MA
This group is intended for graduate-level students and designed to address issues related to being in graduate school as well as how that may impact mental health and relationships.
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All Gender Undergraduate Therapy Group
**Not offered during summer. Will return in Fall 2022.**
Group facilitator: TBA
Participate in a group with other undergrad students to gain ideas and suggestions that can help you to develop self-awareness and insight on issues impacting you and others in the group. This group provides a space to process
various concerns in a safe, open, and supportive setting with peers.
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Food & Mood Therapy Group
**Not offered during summer. Will return in Fall 2022.**
Group facilitator: Jenifer Manstedt, LIMHP
A support group for students seeking support around disordered eating and body image concerns.
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Graduate Women of Color Therapy Group
Group facilitators: Summer Bleich, MA
Being a woman of color and a graduate student can present a unique set of challenges. This processing group aims to provide a safe, secure, and supportive environment in which women can share and process their concerns and
experiences with each other.
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Graduate Women Therapy Group
**Not offered during summer. Will return in Fall 2022.**
Group facilitators: Kylie Surmeier, MS & Mariah Johnson, MS
This group provides a space for women in graduate studies to process the stressors of graduate school in a safe, open, and supportive setting with peers. Develop insight, interpersonal skills, and self-awareness with other women
graduate students in this weekly group to discuss issues and life events.
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International Student Therapy Group
Group facilitator: Xiping (Kylie) Qiu, MS
Come and join a CAPS therapist to talk with other international students at UNL in a group with respect of confidentiality and nonjudgmental space.
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Students with Children Support Group
**Not offered during summer. Will return in Fall 2022.**
Group facilitator: Kristin Jagels, MA
Caring for a child while attending college can present unique challenges. This group will focus on providing collaborative support
and encouragement for parenting students who are working toward their degree.
This group is intended to be for UNL student of all levels and genders.
Group is held remotely in the evening. Students interested in joining this group should call CAPS at (402) 472-7450 and ask to speak to Kristin Jagels.
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Undergraduate BIPOC Therapy Group
**Not offered during summer. Will return in Fall 2022.**
Group facilitators: Falesa Ivory-Horton, PhD
This group is designed for undergraduate students of color to offer and receive support from peers as they develop self-awareness and insight on issues such as academics, imposter syndrome, micro-aggressions, isolation, loneliness,
adjustment to college, and more.
Students also can join free online groups for college students and early adults each Thursday hosted by the Pathlight Mood & Anxiety
Center, a national resource offering mental health support.
